(My brother works at a large craft store which stocks countless adhesives in almost every department.)

Brother: Hi! Are you finding everything OK?
Customer: Oh, maybe you can help me! I’m looking for adhesive tape.
B: OK, do you mean just regular [common brand] tape? We also have duct tape, masking tape, etc.
C: No, it’s none of those. I don’t know what it’s called. But it’s tape with adhesive on it and you use it to stick things together.
B: Well, what things do you want to stick together?
C: I don’t know. I just need adhesive tape that can stick different things together.
B: Um…
C: I know my description isn’t very good, huh?